Curtain-pole.



Patented Dec. 5, |899.

J. M. WILLBUR.

CURTAIN POLE.

(Application filed Nov. 22, 1898.]

(No Model.)

JAMES M. WILLBUR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAlNePOLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,488, dated December5, 1899.

Application filed November 22, 1898. Serial No. 697,158. (No model.)

To all whom, t 11m/y concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. WILLBUR, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain-poles of that class inwhich the pole is composed of a hollow metallic tube having a slotthrough which the curtain-supporting devices extend.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement of thesupporting device and an improvement in the device itself whereby thecurtain attachments may be easily caused to slide to and fro inside thepole.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-'Figure lis an elevation of the pole with the curtain attaching andoperating` devices in place. Fig. 2 is a detailview showing thereinforcing-tube and the attaching device in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is adetail view of the attaching device. Fig. et is a view of amodification.

In the drawings, A represents aslotted tu bular pole which is supportedat the ends and at the center, if desired, by brackets B B B, which areslotted to correspond with the slot in the pole. The pole is clampedsecurely in the brackets to hold the pole with the slots in alinement byset-screws c c c. The poles also are preferably provided with ornamentalheads or knobs C C, adapted to fit the ends of the pole, and are clampedin place by a set- 'screw e at each end of the pole engaging acorresponding screw-eye in the portion of the knob which iits within theend ofthe pole.

The attaching device is shown more clearly in Fig. 3. These arepreferably made of elastic brass wire bent to form a loop 9 at the upperend, the ends of the loop extending downwardly to form two-partspring-Shanks which diverge or spread in a plane at right angles to theplane of the loop. In order to insert these attachments, the spreadingShanks are pressed close together, and the loop or ring is thrustthrough the slot into the interior of the tube and the two legs of theshank, being held close together, pass into the slot. The attachment isthen turned one-quarter and the legs allowed to spread, and when thusspread they hold the loop in a plane at right angles to the slot, inwhich position the attaching device may slide freely back and forth.

The legs of the shank are each provided with a coil l0 for a purposehereinafter vto be described. Below the coils l0 one of the legs iscoiled again at 1l and provided witha laterally-extending portion l2,pointed at the end to enable it to penetrate thecurtain, while theextremity of the other end is coiled, as at 13, to secure the end of theportion l2 after the manner of a safety-pin.

In order that the attaching devices may be caused to travel easily toand fro to close or open the curtains, I provide cords D D', the formerbeing for separating the curtains and the latter for drawing themtogether again. The cord D passes first through an eye d, carried by thebracket B or socket of the knob, and thence is threaded through thecoils 10 of each attaching device until the last is reached, to whichthe end is secured, as shown at d. The cord D is carried through acorresponding eye cl2 and is secured to the same attaching device, asshown at d3, and it will thus be seen that by means of the cords D andDl the curtains may be drawn forward or back at will, and as the line ofdraft is arranged approximately centrally of the attaching devices aneasy sliding action is secured. The cords c are secured to the eyes dand to the adjacent attaching device to limit the movement of thecurtain toward the center when the cords D are pulled.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-` The combinationwith a slotted rod having end and a central supporting-bracket, a seriesof attaching devices slidable in said rod, guiding devices carried byeach bracket and an independent cord extending through each of the endguiding devices, both of said cords passing through the central guidingdevice, one cord controlling the attaching devices on one side of thecentral bracket and the other cord those on the opposite side of saidcentral bracket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.I AMES M. WILLBUR.

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